Local Entertainment News

Ontario alternative and country singer-songwriter Roger Marin will join Fred Eaglesmith's Travelling Steam Show tour next week for a series of concerts in Alberta, B.C., Yukon, Alaska, Washington and Montana.

After touring Canada and the U.S. for the past decade with The Joys, lead singer Sarah Smith is venturing out on her own. She will stop at Tracks Pub on April 20 during her first solo tour to promote her first solo album, which comes on June 22.

A comedy show with the "breast of intentions," The Boob Tour is hitting Olds on April 21 at Boston Pizza for the second time on its 2012 Central Alberta Tour.

The Olds and District Kiwanis Music Festival ended last Tuesday with a final grand concert at the TransCanada Theatre. Twenty-one contestants were recommended for provincials “It's about the same as last year.

Oh My Darling will be coming back to Olds to play its second concert here in less than a year. The Winnipeg foursome will be at Tracks this Wednesday at 9 p.m. to play songs from its new album Sweet Nostalgia.

The Olds and District Kiwanis Music Festival ended last Tuesday with a final grand concert at the TransCanada Theatre. Twenty-one contestants were recommended for provincials “It's about the same as last year.

Hilary Lutz and Eva Green will be the two featured artists at the Olds Art Club show and sale, which takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the Bell e-Learning Centre.

Vancouver band Blackberry Wood will play its first concert in Olds this Saturday at Tracks Pub at 9 p.m. The band has been together for the last five years and fluctuates between three and nine members. “I do full time.

For Olds resident Dani-Lynn Trentham, music has been a part of life for as long as she can remember. “I have always been really influenced by music,” the 16-year-old singer-songwriter and guitar player said.

Olds singer-songwriter Cindy Palin will hold a release concert for her album My Heart's Lament this Sunday at the TransCanada Theatre. “My new album was recorded last year. We haven't had a release concert yet,” said Palin.